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10 fel ' ,PHUT OF TITT ivt7l3LTe JOURNALS. "Next to being a suitor in that awful of Court damn cery, tho ire plus ultra, perhaps, of misery,. is the pain of reading the _daily narratives of its " transactions; if Oth a name. can fairly applied to that spirit , * of busi ness, whose nature never to be transacted at all. If equity vita invented, to supply_ the defective rules of law, we must admit;:in common justice, that its OWit evils are of a description the opposite to scantiness or deficiency. But, Whether an excess of multitude and of :minuteness in ChanCery forms, has been found a beneficial substitute for that of unavoidable generality in the remedial maxims of the comnien law of England, - he-who is condemned to stiffly the fatiguing retorts which we have alluded to, may raise some questions, not too difficult for even Lord Eldon to deCide. The extraordinary circumstance that oc curs to every one in reading over the reports of our chief equity tribunal, is. the tendency of this strang e Court to aggravate the mischiefa which all kinds of liti gation must be presumed. to spring from. Doubt ful,.,or at least maletermined rights, are the Calsl4s of every appeal to the Magistrate. But we defy any man who follows the alternate speeches of Judge and Counsel in Chancery, from the sitting to the breaking . up of the Court, to point out the operation of the remedy in a practical alleviation of the grievance. — If the rights of parties are questioned before they come into Lord Eldon's Court, see into what a stateof inexs tricable difficulty they are plunged after their sojourning. One doubt exists upon a given subject of contention, and the person:: interested pray the learned Judge to resolve it. The prolifi' mind of the noble . Earl cameo in contact with the matter in,dispute, when, lo; this one contested prin ciple spawns on the instant wholi myrriads of young em barressinents, invisible some to every human eye but that of their venerable author—but to him in their nature in tractable, and in their numbers interminable—leaving the property or interest out of which they grew—like a shot ten herring—not worth fishing from the abyss where they now lie wasting and forgotten. The fashion is to cry up Lord Eldon's acuteness, and to speak of this quality as of soinithing quite curious and admirable. Now, an instru ment may be so constructed as to exhibit much ingenuity, and'perform bitt little service. The mind of the Lord Chancellor is all acuteness, and, as it appears, to us, ham neither substance nor force remaining : like a worn-out knife, the back of his Lordship's judgment is as sharp as What was once designated the edge of it. A weapon re duced to such a state cuts." in opposite directions, and, we submit, - had better be disposed damn the " old stores," the sale of which, - though at priceafar below prime cost, is placed annually and deservedly to "the credit" of the Government. On turning over the file of this journal sine's the end oflast month, and on. looking at our law re port for the quantunibf real business, the - number and importance of the decieions pronounced by the learned and much-landed Judge of the High Court of Chancery, we find, that on the 31st Of July, rrt. a motion of " Const a'. Harris," his Lordship " Must see both Masters before hes could give any further directions, and must also see all the orders in the cause before be could decide about per mitting an order of the Vice - Cha ncellor to stand." The tame day in 4 ' Glaesingtonand Thwaites," oldie Morn ing Herald, his Lordship would "take home the papers." At 2.—On a point on which his Lorship had a do , cided opinion, s loe said that the subject might be " men .tioned again;" and on Mr. Hirt observing that it was no Use, if his Lordship's mind war made up, the reply was, hitt Lordship "might change his opinion'--it was no re fleetion on a man to hesitate whether he was right or wrong." Certainly not, as a general. proposition. Bat we beg leave to say, that it is very deplorable for a nisi' whose duty is decision, not to decide the cause when his opinion is decided. 's may add, bow much more de plorsble it:iv that partiei should be ordered, with such ex-', eretne 4:6olness to mention a thing again, us if in a Court !the that of aliencery, any thing could be mentioned AiVt4. (..4niat v. Harris."—Another affidavit reef co o kery before his Lordship mine to " any decision: 1 toi +e tiieadV. Kaye .and Frealtfiela," the motion " to stand 0 •:er," for At 1.,. 4. Motion for , an Habeas Corp*: to bring op. a prisomi rot dr, bt ; the gentleman tio: attend'' his Lord, .nwnipg,' when he would see what could done. " 'Amman ij:Tegg," postponed ; motiun for in 4, junction again postponed,„ the court rising after Mt Horne'aargument.:, £,--The ChaneelJor, after ,hearing aromnent o -'. lb's:injunction in - Mamma' amid r 1 egg (twice adjontned all ready), said that he would be prepared to siva hip judiel• meat on Monday, the 7th. • Atu 7. -L-The ease of ".Stead" spin put off, on this ,Clouteellor's deniand-tor affidavits. " Mawmain _v. Tegg" ` a t) Oien to by he Chancellor, but still undecided. "NeN4- bee It, Iriggs7—Petition against the Master's report or dered to come on. again on Saturday, with leave to the parties to t ortiPtancellorsand settle it between themselves in the mean time, if they could . . t5...---"Const.v. Harris" again. A motion made by Mr. Hart, but the Court rose; " notion to he resumed to morroW." Aft.. 9. —" Const. v. Harris" 1010. Qhuneellor said (after argument), that "on Friday morning he would her e jadgment this case.---Our file being exhauste d, we here conclude, askingonr readers thi s . one question ----vvhat l does edeserve who takes his business into the Court of Chan . • • very ? For a knave whose ab j ect is` to evade , restitutiOn 01 " soil, or to kill, his victim before he does him justitlis , i"daedcuutleive the immeele adVantage enjoyedby , th:e ex 'istence oaf Rush a tremendous lebythith ; but what tin iudttce Nor honestsman to _venture within its jaws, : vet' foolish honest maul,. T eilly, to us a rid- Ite.tisia,'end 'the dreadful insurrection ,„?,. e y, are to be, added to the numerous proofs nine)) effords, ( of the insecurity of what is called abso t, ; power. Wherever itutheirity is ~strained'boyouil the of reasoui whether in a religions or civil point of it its liable to suthlenlttid dangerous; re-actions. Nor it matter 'ranch to society whether one person or a ,iluitituile arrogate a damnation Which justice: does not • Auction. 1t is of little Consequence whether an , unlimited power be properly called by the name of a desp . otiem or a democracy.; it in either ease more directed by the im pases of passion thin tire steady views of 'Wisdom, mid relies.upou force for its support, until more fortunate tro lence,deatroys it. All power without restraint - has a na tural tendency to corruption. This• line .always been rtemplitied in the history of .the wprld,, which in all lips eite be,Meltinelioly , evidence to the fatal and demoralizing tilects' hi'' irre6piiMaible authority, , whether in the bands of a ;int : March or'a Mob.' Sueli.O overn inents , have always -•- • , , bey anti' liable "Co desperate emergencies. They have also tended to 'folly sitid barbarism nor need we 45k iyme certain and appalling proofs than we find in the of Roman Emperors, awl, the excetwis ~f the French It4is4hition. It is difficult to ;say which set the comol o :bytevpits of justice and" humsnii more 41, de tiftne—the. litrislaiciot who declared themselves above ell or the. people Who . trampled oti the throne, and, trotter the name of liberty, sent abroad the spirit of liven -604 do w at i oD . There i§ one great Lesson to be gonad those eveurs , tbat a regulated-systein ti6n o f ree d ou i, lik that of England, is oot only' the l o o m, ie r!tire, as ref:gerds.the right's b ortoh inpeop,i b ut —makes both more truly Powerful t t Khng e i e tlen d. catiort of their inteteste.---Alornizeg Herald. w ill see from our Assize intelligence, nri. Our rcadet.4 del; ' t h e head' " Ototteester," that in the vest for 'libel, "Sinith v..fludgetti,"x Vefcliet luts been given for the piabiot 41)0/.., whii.th, with t.he.costs, !oust prise - with p ro vm . cod ,journal. Wee have • more o nce noficed.--WflOt indeed IS WO pfdpo.l4lo tO „14,00, the aleeryitt i o u o f ;this moat short-sighted — the Bench towards the ho. 0. feeling entertaintd by . f e the Pi:elvt, The -Press has risen, in spite o eittirts.ot:twlges FIN& it, tQ, its present itilluelit state. it iii§'-ifitwitt.olultked to tight with them inch by .~.~, `~ V - NIP • \ H / V:',/,` , , .. . -,-- .. .• . . .. inch for ihe'grotind it now ()emits; and thOugh 7 they now generally preface their eharges by an admission of the benefits of free diteussion, they do not prOceid far before they discover that the feeling of times when all discussion was viewed in the light of an offence is not yet extinct. We, have no wish to dely.that injury pity . be done to indiiiduals by statements iii newspapers. Neither do we wish to 'contend that the proprietors. of newspapers should be exempted, any more than any other description of citizens, from responsibility for their actions. But what we complain of in the Judges is, that they. do not make sufficient allowance for imperfections, which, from the very nature of things, must alwayi attach to news papers ; and that, forgetful that on the whole the good in them greatly preponderates, they would destroy them ra ther than see them exist with the imperfections, from which they can never be wholly freed. The Judges have also a morality peculiarly their own. Thus, for instance, the proprietor of a newspaper is not only held bound to conduct it with a superhuman degree of faultlessness bia ' in addition' to the loss of his cause, through the faults committed by the lawyers to whom he entrusts it, these faults are held to warrant the infliction of an additional amount of punishment. Thus, for instance, Mr. Justice Burrough, in his charge, , . • "Regretted that the Papers had got into a most incautiousba bit of publishing matters which brought severe injury to the cha racters of others, and this, as too often happened, without the slightest foundation in trut h.i Whenever they aetetl so, it was the province of Juries to . award compensation, and that compensa tion they were also to measure in proportion to any aggravation Which was subsequently given to the original act ; and he consi dered Owing on the record a justification—that was, that they would prave all the ficts—to be the greatest aggravation of which the Editor of a Paper could be guilty, supposing the justification not strictly proved:" There is not' a Barrister who would not spurn at the idea of not being allowed to conduct a cause in the way he should deem - himself the most judicious. But if it should turn out that the moss judicious course has not been pursued, the poor defendant is held to merit two punishments—first, the quantity corresponding to the of fence for which he is prosecuted; and secondly, the quan tity comprehended under the term "aggravation' to which he is vicariously liable, because his legal advisers have not played the legal game with sufficient skill.— Against the doctrine of aggravation, we have often had occasion to protest. A man is c harged with a viola tion of the law; the law either has or ought to have de clared the amount of punishment; but the Judge pu nishes him for the violation of the law, and he punishes him additionally for what he is pleased to term an aggra vation of his offence, in his manner of ' defending himself. Thus a clever man, possessed of good tact, who has the luck to please the Judges by his speech, .or his mode of conducting his trial, generally gets off with a slight pu nishment, whereas a man possessed of less understanding and dexterity, suffers a double or triple measure of pu nishment for his mental inferiority. We can un derstand how a person who fails in proving every tittle of hie justification, ' should be bound to pay the additional expence which his mode of defence may impose on his opponent, beeause that opponent ought not to suffer from his want of skill. But a man ,must have a truly legal understanding—he must be as completely the creature of .rule as a Chinese Man darin—to see how 'an unskilful mode of defence, or an erroneous estimate formed of the evidence, should entitle a complaining party to additional damages.. When com mon sense shall find its way into our Law Courts,: this technical nonsense will be scouted. We by no means with to enter into the merits of this particular case. • Our remarks have been called forth by the tare of asperity in the charge of the Judge against the Press. • r " It was (said the Learned Judge) the duty of Newspaper Ediei tors first to be convinced of the truth, before they published any: matter injurious to the character of another, that they might he prepared to justify themselves, if ailed upon to do so." Convinced of the truth ! But, what if the ,evidence, which convinced them, turns out to be untrue I—They, cannot know truth or falsehoodhy inspiration. Newspaper Editors, who publish as true what they believe to be false, are scoundrels ; but how often do they publish falsehoods which they firmly believe to he truth ? We do not claim for eosin ` tin exemption' from responsibility ; but we protest against the preposterous position; that it is, possible for them to secure themselves against erroneous testimony' any more than other people.—/Menieg Chronicle. . The German newspapers, n 'commepting upon the late Russian conspiracy, point out, ss a striking feature of dif ference between the association from. which it proceeded, and the secret societies tiertmuly, . that members of .the former were of the higher of nobility, while the latter con siated merey'of inexperienced rialto, to Whose.plans .no man of note ever lent his influence or name: A remark 'Of chit kind, coming from Berlin, is i proof, 'that in that part of the world, at least, the fear of secret societies has ;ceased.—German Students, however, do not Stern to be more rational .and ,dscent : in their conduct than, heretofore. i Some time ago; thepatriotic yoUth.could not exist, ex cept In a costume which imitated the dress of the ii.ftetoth and sixteenth centuries.. Their caprice has , iio W' taken a different turn. " The Students of Heidelberg," says one of the journals,'" wander in the country about the Rhine, throwing the inhabitants of it into no small astonishment by their Greek dresses, and Orients! eostume."—New Tinio. " , . . . , SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LLOYD'S, 'Atm. It. Unit,, Aura 10.—Wind• ship and a bark, home ward hound, are turning into The Miens. • Powrsitotatt, Auo. 10.—Wind S.g. to W.—Arrived the Caroline, Swittey, from London. Sailed the Atlas, {Prior, for Waterford. PLY /4011rti, AFC. 9.--Wind'W.N.W.—Sailed the Percival, Lethaby, for St. John's, New Brunswick. FA L)forvrllf, AtT 'N.N.V.,—Sailed the Aid, NIL 'mer, for Miramichi ; Venus, Nesh,. for-Bristol: Bittsrol,, Ana. 10.—:-Artived tit ollee, Hunt, tletnNewfound lend ; Herald, Stopworth, front Mirarnichi ; cud the John., end Robert, Jones,' from Nevis. • BilA D s;---The growth of beards was regulated by 1 statute at Lincoln's Inn, in the. tone of Elizabeth. Primo It was ordered that no Fellow'of that Isionte should weir, s, beard of more than a fortnight's growth." Transgression was punishedwith fine, lots of commons, end finally expulsion, tiut fashion prevailed, and in November the following year all pre vious 'orders touching beards" were repealed, When beards were worn, to cut one off was *0 irreparable 'Outrage. In one of the old . plays, whare the object is to (mei-Mile the patience of a man, when it has been said that the most serious injury now compensated by pecuniary damages svill not do it, the next pro posal, as still more provoking, is; to Make him drunk,- and out of his beard. GRAVES OF THE MAR TYRS AT. CUNNOCK;- Sermon, were delivered at Corsegellock, parish of Old Cumnoek, on §ablistli the 143 th ult., by the Rev. Ali'. Rogerson,' of N u i re i; when a,. co ll ect ion was ma de to &fray the expeitee of erecting a new grave-stone over the Martyri buried r t e h a e di re ti o T ve h r e , t i •e n ve or te d n e d r gentleman begats.the.aerviee of the iIa.Y.VY g to be sung, from the hundred and second paahn, econde verses thirteen, fourteee, fifteen; and sixteen. Af ter prayer, the s ight line. of N a hn I,.xiv. were vung. 'The text was then real froinille- Yelstion vii. 14s the last dative. - The -most respectful attention mil propriety' were maintained: The hearts -of the &Wiener , later.. iiately melted over the sufferings of their " renowned forefatters, the shoo of Caledonia," as the Rev, Gentleman happily denominated' them, ' o r g l o Wefl with grateful achniVation at, }Aeon/sting tiskitx. nnhle 'd ee & The troolitous days of other yeara'were strikiney rordritstell will, present circumstances, wisest , every one our wursitip (1,0 avhfriting io his con seienet, none daring to utest him or plaice WM afraid. The , collection amounted to m upwards of 12/. _The nun - there present were estimated at be twee' 21)00 ar )4 S OOO persons, "Many ca me Ivan a • great ills t,"C", The present if m grave-stone is an. . The.gta I v e is in I hol 'm Plate, which may be caned a muse bag. The letters on the ,stone , are lib Iloimui • capitals, with a point - between every word c a usit° th 4 "",Rile of the letters. It bears the following iiiscrip ro::l-!:fir:,iv,y7t.T.oititph Wilini v ii Joht; Jail i tivoth t a li nd Hi J e t ir. b a n nti l e r f il o : rf t fl h e e t i .. t: r a n t l i a li t ei: l l.: x t . nte_t t r - 4tb " re ' , r ti f, l r s it olafceatoirt a es d -'a t r h t t O y commits(' wor k stone.--.Edinburph i i' , ni np' The orthography is the sone as on the f,!oarratii, ~ - • • . POLICE INTELLIGENCE. . . MANSION-HOUSE.—Yesterday, two inhabitants of the parish of St. Olave, Hart-street, of which Dr Owen is the in cumbent, were summoned for refusing to pay their poor rstes.'..— lite parish officers state; that the inhabitants refuse to pay their rates ; that the poor are starving and clamorous ; and that all this is the work of the Doctor, who has not only refused to pay rates on his own tithes, but has also incited the other inhabitants not to pay their rates. Mr. Buckle and Mr. Blake, the defendants, both resisted the payment of .the rates on the ground that they were unequally as sessed. Their: rates, were nearly doubled, at the same time that those of some of the parish-officeri were reduced. Mr. Andrews, who appeared as coupael for the parish, said, that by the act, the .defendants were bound to pay the rates, until a pending appeal against theta was decided. But the peril:lt-offi cers Were not entitled to levy more than the amount of the prior assessment. Mr. Buckle.—lt's a rotten piece of business, or you would not have been brought here to support it.—(Laughter.) Mr: Andrews naked hint to wait until the appeal came on. The Loan AfAYOR slid, that according to the statement of the parties when, they. first came before him, it.certainly appeared that there were extraordinary inequalities in the assessments of the rates. It was true, however, as stated by the learned counsel, that the rates must be paid until the appeal was detertnined ; but that the parish officers were not entitled to levymore than the amount of the previous assessment. He then ordered him to pay the rates. Mr. Dixon, and the pariah officers of Bishopsgate, appeared to hear his Lordship's determination on their application for a warrant against the former mentioned person' for tithes. He resisted on the ground that the parish-officers had applied a considerable amount of the money collected for tithes to the building of a house for their incumbent, the Bishop of Chester. The LORD MAYOR said, he had not only looked over the Act of Parliament himself very carefully, hut, what was perhaps better, he had taken the opinion of the City Solicitor upon the. subject : that:gentleman agreed with him iu opinion that the power of rec tifying any error as to the assessment of the rate, lay with the ma gistrates at the sessiottik and was not posseesed by any indivi dual magistrate. He wished to repeat his conviction that there was no parish under bitter general management than the parish of •Bisliopsgate. Mr. Dixon—But, my Lord, I object not merely to the as sessment, but to the rats itself. I deny that they have the .power to enforce the payment of a rate which is raised to pay the expellee of building a house for a Bishop : it never can be legal, that besides paying a stipend of 2,500/. per annum for the, support of a Bishop, we are obliged also to pay a rate for building him a house in Devonithire-square, at a cost of between 4,0001. and 5,000/. Mr. Smart, the Vestry Clerk, declared there was not the slightest groUnd for any reflection on the character of the Right Rev. Pre late. He also denied that the house newly built in the church yard was let to a merchant, as stated by Mr. Dixon. The Loan Mayon said he was 'confident that nothing to the prejudice*of the Bishop of Chester could be well-founded; his example was particularly serviceable to the other clergy, and his conduct was highly beneficial to the city at large, as well as to the inhabitants of his parish ; no clergyman could stand more highly or more deservedly in the estimation of his parishioners ; l and his Lordship was sure that they would cheerfully contribute towards the expense of the building. Mr. Dixon.—l deny that the parish officers have nude the rate for a purpose for which they . are entitled. The LORD MAYOR.-4 cannot determine that. Will you pay the sum for which you are assessed ? Mr. Dixon.—Certainly not. The LORD MAYOR.—Then let a warrant be issued. Mr. Dixon.—Nery well, my Lord ; I am prepared. The Loan Marou.—.Yon may, if you choose, appeal to the sessions. Mr. Dixon.—! will not appeal to the session.; but I will, on the first day of next term, or, as early as possible, apply to the Court of King's Bench for a criminal information against the parish officers, for misapplication of the parieli money. The warrant of distress was then issued. • BOW-STRVET.—Mr. Cooke, of the Haymarket Theatre, was brought up in custody, charged with having assaulted Mr. West, sen., who holds some subordinate situation under the, Drury4ane management. The defendant is brother to Mrs. W. West, whose merits, as s tragic actress, have secured her the approbation of the public ; and the complainant is her father in-law. It appeared, that on Thursday last, Mr. Cooke was met in Brydges-street, Covent Garden, by Mr. West, sen., 'MI his son, who plays comic parts at lbs Haymarket, when, owing to some family disputes, an altercation took place between the parties which'euded ist_the ibusult etvorpishirsi of, sheawfset of which Mr. West, sint,,exhibited, in the "blipe of a black-eye. Mr. Cooke, howeVer, having produced a gentleman who witnessed the trans.; actionoind who stated that Mr.. Cooke was pushed by Mr. West before the former struck him, Sir RICHARD 131RWIR dismissed the complaint, observing ,that the Partin Might, if 'they wiehed, indict each other at the session*. ' • • Mr. West, jun.; then stepped forward, stating that he. was much annoyed by the repeated intrusions of Mr. Cooke ; .he.was continually at his house, although desired to keep away:from it, and he wished to know if he would not be - authorized to give him In Amp of a constable when next he intruded himself in the matinee complained of. . • Sir %claw) BERMS said that he (Mr. West) certainly would be justified in' giving Mr. Cooke in custody under such circurn- Stances ; - but he strongly advised au amicable settlement, rather than that ah'epartirsi should expose themselves any further.. Mr. Cooke- , -The•truth Sir Richard, lam obliged.to go to the house to prevenrniy sister from being beaten by this man, whose conduct towards his : wife is most shameful. A short time after she lay in, 'he beat ber most cruelly. The matter rested here, :arid the parties left the Office tecorn plinio. by their respective friends, who were chiefly theatrical 'persons. Thonsas R4ley, driver Of the hackney-coach, No. 311, WAX summoned to answer the complaint of Miss Phillis Rose, of Gerrard-street, Soho. Miss Rose stated, that on Monday last she took the defendant's roach from Oerrard-street, desiring him to drive her to the Man sion-house; she had luggage - with her, for the conveyance or which she made a distinct agreement with the defendant. Instead, however, of driving her towards the city, the defendant drove in en opposite direction, notwithstanding that she told him he was wrong Finding herself in Little Windmill-street, she became alarmed; and desiring the costelunin to stop, she requested the in,, terferenet of a gentleman passing et thefitne, who desired the de fendant to turn his horses, and drive as she directed. Mr. Beet/. the gentleman referred, to,, said, that finding the young lady in great .distress, and learning the cause, he desired the coachmen to ,drive . down the Haymarket, and from thence -thibu g h 6 / Oink-cross, silting the Strand to the,CitY. . The de; fentlant drove slowly along,. and: he (the witness) followed the Poach for a . phort way down the Haym arket, to see if it went the coachman suddenli-turn his horses westward, when, fearful that the lady might be ill-treated, he pursued the coa*h, sot procured another, in which lie placed the complainant and her luggage. Sir It; RteNtf; OblerOlg, that the defendant must either g f e coac t n u ,,p c n tl a l eif en e:::: ,l " : . . u r he to was quite c ore stupidity, whether; aked t h u i r u a l l w , h :ax t '`observaid, ed the he fell asleep on his box, and really did not know which 'turn lie took. He thought the young lady directed him to drive to Glasshouse-street, Regent-street, lie had no bad design in driving as lie did., Sir Ricuaen litaiste.--I am not quite satisfied of that, any gOod Moir, and WWI tine you It. for your misbehaviour, besides the amount of the eapences attending two summonses, to the first , or wmen you neglected to appear. 'The Mho; was then locked up for non-paynient of the fide and ' expenses. ' - • • . A_ little boy,, with his face blackened over, came to the office ac. coropanied. bey hi, mo ther, to coniplain of the tzeatinent he re otiieefl from the sh u men of a cheesemonger in Clare-street, Clara market, who beet Itim, he said, with a rope, awl afterwards tied hie:bands together, and lobbed some stuff upon his fare. !I Sir Th e n Bialitt immediately directed, .that an officer srumipa n y. the boy, in order that the offenders might be brought b e f ore In tn and in At qitort time, John Temple, Robt. Cullint, and George ttotrnyd, came funCild to &Owe the charge, • • • Washington Fip ar ke, the complainant, Own gated, that he went by gtireetioßof his 'pother to' the: 4lo P of the defendants' master to purchase some hotter. PAYing been served, he left the shop, when he' found that a Wag weight which lay upon the counter by' some accident was wrapped up in the cloth along with the but ter. lie immediately returned to restore it, when he was met by one o f the defendants, and &erred as described. n - often robbed of weights, anci ti thi ng the bt ,„ j o tid eitiOp, ' h)4 n Trnpir, one of the defendants, said, that the shop. hed-.. I few moments after the' complainant left the shop, he Pu Thued an took it from him. lie denied that the complainant was return ion to rtstOle it, end etbP.tttOti )11,vi4 b oa d i , b o y for the theft, , . and that, assisted by , the other defendantp, be blackened his face With a mixture of soot and butter. Sir RICHARD MISHIT asked, with soots surprise, if this was the Course which he usually pursued when persons were detected pil fering in his emplo yer's shop: • 1 - - Defendant—Oh, yes, we always retire persons in this way when we find them robbing-us. It is a less troublesome plan than pro %tenting ; we find it answers bettni., , Sit RICHARD( RIRNIS—WdI, I confess it is a new.system of police; but however convenient you may find it, I would have you to know that it is not quite , in conformity with the law of the lend, and I must therefore hold you to bail for assaulting this boy, whose innocence of guilt, with respect to the weight in question, forms no part of the present inquiry. As you say, how ever, that your master's shop IRIS no one to attend it during your absence, I shall take your respective recognizances for your appear ance here again. The defendants were' then discharged on their own bail. The press of business before Sir RICHARD Stasis was so great, that a case under Mr. Peel's late act for the protection of gardens and orchards, was gone into in Alr. Stafford's office, before --- Robinson, Esq., a county magistrate. Six little boys, named James Thompson, Thomas Williams, Thomas Farrington, William Williams, .John Watson, and Lawrence Hamilton, were brought up in custody, charged with having robbed the garden of Mr. Samuel Nevitt, market-gardener, residing in Acton, on Sunday evening last. , The case was proved only against the two boys first named; the former, James Thompson, was seen throwing the apples to one of his companions, and on the latter; Thomas Williams, there were found seven apple,. The fathers of the convicted boys, and the lads themselves, pleaded bard to be exempted from punishment. They urged that it was their first offence, and hoped his worship would be lenient. Mr. ROBINsOX, after referring to the act, sentenced the boys to 14 days' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correc-. tenon, and on being further urged to be lenient, he said, " If you are not satisfied, I will extend the term to six months.''. AIARYLEBONE OFFICE --Yesterday a yoUng man, about 22 years of age, of genteel appearance, named Thomas Weaver, MSS charged with the following robbery by Mr. Bates, linen draper and haberdasher, of No. 2, Thayer-street, Marylebone. Mr. Bates,stated, that he had taken the prisoner into hie service as shopman about- three months ago; he was well recommended.- Within this month past he was living in a style of expense that could not be supported by the salary he was to give him, which was 60 guineas a-year and board and lodging; his suspicions were in consequence excited, which gave him pain, as lie placed the most unbounded confidence in him, and treated him with the greatest kindness. He nude up his mind to put him away, gave him notice, and told him to make up his accounts to Thursday evening. Prisoner, however, requested, as a favotir, that he might be .allowed to remain in the house that night, which Mr. Bates acceded to. About eight o'clock the same evening, the lady of a French Baron, who was in the habit of dealing with him, came into the shop, where she was suddenly taken ill with a spasmodic attack. Mr. Bates showed the lady to the drawing, room, and immediately sent fur a medical gentleman, who ordered the lady to be blooded. Tape being required to bind her' arm after bleeding, Mr. Bates desired prisoner to step down to the shop and bring some. The shop was at this time closed fur the night, the lady being so ill that it was near 11 o'clock before she was able to leave the house. He went down, but remained so much longer than could be necessary, that Mr. Bates suspected all was ,not right.' The prisoner shortly after retired to bed ; he slept in the same room with Mr. Bates, and next morning, while prisoner was asleep, Mr. Bates went to his pocket to get the key of the shop, which he, prisoner, was in the habit of opening, and there found the piece of lace now produced. Ale sent form officer and had his box examined, in which was found eight pair of stockings worth M. 6d. a pair. The prisoner then admitted the articles to be Mr. Bates's, and that he had stolen them. Mr. Bates being confirmed in his suspicions, and recollecting that the prisoner had a sister in Greenwich, proceeded thither, accom panied by the officer. The sister was from home, but her daughter, on knowing their business, produced a veil, some muslin, and a quantity of Gros-de-Naples silk, which she said prisoner had given her mother, and which Mr. Bates recognized as his own. The veil was worth 128. and the silk about 28s. And in answer to a question front the Magistrate, he said he had not the least doubt of the property being his. The prisoner was now asked what be had to say to the charge? Ile ma& no reply. Ile covered his face with his hands and rip peareddeeply affected. He was now about to be committed, when Mr. BaotionTorr, the magistrate, asked Mr. Bates if he thought the'remanding of the priaouer would lead to the discovery of other property ? Mr. Bates said lie thought it very likely, as lie understood the prisoner bad formed a large female acquaintance of no very equi vocal description. Ice wits remanded to Tuesday next. • This is the young man who, about three years ago, prosecuted the author of the Hermit in London, and two others, at the Old Bailey, for an alleged-robbery. He charged them with rob bing him of a pocket-book containing 104/., on which charge they were acquitted. s • LAMBETH .STHEET,-.,..Yestertray, Perceval Gillington, gentlemanly-looking lad, was brought up for final examination before At. ,'Viryatt,--Eeq., on a charge preferred against him by his father, a solicitor, residing in York-street, Cannon-street-road, of robbing his aunt, an elderly lady, of the name of Walker, of near 200 sovereigns. • The business hat' already mlergenetwo hearings at this o ffi ce, but nothing clear or satisfactory transpiring,, the prisoner was, front time to time, remanded. On ,the last occasion, .Mr, Culling When dressing learnt that md::l:l,inirndisenufflAseqeienotenttloy• ham, the father stated, that .he understood the principal part of or give the property had been expended in. the Three Mackerels public,- house, kept by a person named Fox, and that he lent every. assist; sore to the depravity of youth, by exhibitions of indecent pictures and the encouragement of every species of gambling. He hoped, t “F t holrfxr was aTmesitlyiele yesterday father, sastyors. v i,iea n nsaritkas t iwe hitoont,htd pa :attendedaiaet attendance. Subject, eai cy o t sua a e , : n l::a d tbtihhlloete i i and, s f wialtb possible , 0- taus e utr u pe n r roo i ti a o ren a.r n e dg. s: a,newn b e aw n e avn g v rinn e eol i si s :fet s h s u au d pe t i therefore, his Worship Would require his attendance, as he might ted as nephew. Mr. Gillingham.--Sueh is the fact. Mr. Wvarr.—llotv then could you let her have the care of so s e: e n w is ish o es f to go to sea. she is intleivllkcerhrrt.hpe6rloeresilisrnvtgyeirlYituca'-'refiTilh. Gillingham.---. T hough rao M st r na W rro TArr narrow escape, the prison e r)--Y o ungiftlit!la man , rgeltadbe - en yo u poved v proved, had ur, life tr wo iev ul a d bl h y av los eb t e ,; en iw t e h y e ou for w fei il t l . ing Y tra r do ch tt ar t a l c ie te s i 4s , ho y w ou ev r er ti:th i er ir l r i e as - Fore*/ 'fhelTistoner bowed an assent. - • Mr- WvATT.--'-di eih I mast call on you, as the only atonement 'you can now make, to state how yoo have sp e nt this money, and who were those Counectell with you. ' - ' Prisoner.-1 spent it at the other end of the-town ;I do not re member having said that there were others with me; -Mr. Davis 'must be mistaken. ' Davis the officer, the person alluded to, here came forward, and stated. thekon the evening the pritroner was brought in, he went to him, to the lock-uIS room, and asked.liim'what hr. 'had clone Walt so much money, and lie answered, that belied only 0/. of ithirn sell, his father 15/., an d hi s unc le 1001. Mr. WYATT."--A thicker mystery seems to b e envelo p in g this affeir. Mr. Gillingham (in explanation.) —My aunt g ave me and m y brother 525/. in the per cents. 12 mon t h s a g o, and in order to have the business perfectly understood, she sent for Mr. Rolle, a respectable stock broker, and in his present executed the power of attorney for selling out the stock. Mr. Wyarr:—lt appears somewhat extraordinary that she 'Willi! have been so systematic on that occasion, and now he in so imbecile estate, as to be un able to or bow. much it amounted prosecuteto. or say whether . slie had the sa u t e your Worship she le now perfectly a nt i o n t u l g y iut in h ua, : p l oseessiont weak, both in body and mind. I knew she had the money, for it Was- mooted in my presence. Davi . s.....mthth t h e prisoner ,told trre that his fathet and' dna., got Tim e the be said his aunt' blew Of it. must have had money, for last January 1 went with her to the Bank to receive her dividends, and she then m oney, 144 a 10 0/. note in her bosom. • Where We got to the rod of, Caeenfield.atreet, I put her into a coed), and as a l ma was getting. in alts d ro pped two bags, Which I picked up. and put them into uiy pocket, and oldodther if elms had..l44,,any money? yard not, antl.l afterwards gave th em to her. Their eontents tos io w wit 4 the 1001. note, which I chaitgettat'thi Bank, made above 31)0. Mr. WYADT ! —Ilere are only two sum of 15/. and 60/. , 1 wpm!, ad for ; and by this account the sum stolen must exceed 2001. time Mr. Gillinglmamo s , i n rep l y lilP 3 a tang, unconnected, and unintelligible statement,' which, in stead li g ht of throwing anyto the observation, entered on the old gentlewoman's affairs ; r or being explanatory of the robbery, only m y stified menet * and made " confusion more confountlidi"' in such a wsy that it was impotoilde to discover whine the truth lay. When they had ex hausted themselvm, and the patience of those, present, Fox.-4 have neither obscene pictures, noido I entourage gainblingi- I never saw the prisoner ~but three times, and the , kt t,triewas on the morning of, his apprehension, when ha lir a pint of porter. i Mrs. Fox..--The pictures complained of ere paintingi;:Sir , which are for sale. My son has a number of enemies. Mr. Wvarr.—Nothing can be more disgusting than theieek hibitions. In the old it is infamous, but witnessed in the yeatig, it is absolutely revolting. Where is the picture? Mr. Gillingham.--Since my going to his .house, and neuron strafing' with him on its iadelimicy, it has been removed, and oar topiesenting the race* at Sadler's Wells now occupies ire piece. saw it myself ;. it was of the moat obscene character ; and that TIJ o One might me it but his, particular friends , a green curtain w hung beforeit. A police officer has seen it also; and Mr. Brown, ;f necessary, CAA FOSS its existence, and that of the ambling. It is useless ..Air. -Foe* denying that my son use d to g o to his nousi, knew* verl , . wadi be did; and that to account for his baring so Much money, he reprobated him is the son , of a m aster butcher 7 -11e.knew I was a solicitor. Mr. WYAn..-.There is now noiaformation before me of*. abuse, ;_ if there was, I certainly shculd convic t in the fullest r Thi:prieortir was finally discharged. Wveorr observed, _that • the business wort a vey cu riGa to and disjointed appearance ; however, as there was no evidence affect the prisoner, save his own admission, and adruissiuu being'obtained by holding out the promise of impunity, Le would then discharge him, on the underatanduag that he was IS 1 0 ,w luta, where, perhaps, time and differerit sisociato would reclmu him from those pursuits, a continuance in which must lead te• o ignominious death. The prisoner was about being removed, when Mra chief-officer, informed the Magistrate that Fox, the proprietor al the " Three Mackerels," whose character was so much stfecild 1 4' the charges of the former day, was then in attendance. , Fox, who appeared quite a boy, on this came forwiird,to table, accompanied by his mother , a comple te speci pl al leader' • en? Mr. WYATT. —Are you the owner of the Three Maart Mr. Fox.--I am, Sir. Mr. Wso yArr..--For young a man, you are far ad vanced ,: wickedness.' It bat been here alleged that you not only exhi bit ' scene pictures in your house, but also encourage palblit4:,;n, know of no greater crime than the seduction o f y outh, and 11°1,i so rapidly or with more certainty effects it, than pandering isu tie way to their depraved appetites.. It has bee n also sli d t greateeportion of this money tee been spent in company lalslL;OatllesotllyrSirliniseßEE;.—.Rititard Parkins' proper fA man remanded on Tuesday evening, was yesterday hrougtl't'eu);l,lllir re-examination, on the charge of swindling Messrs. Ch er a. John Turner, jewellers, New Bond-street, of silver foiko spoons to the amount of 501. He twao Th t e y, p a r o isO d n in er n !a res a abort, fashionably f i l g ii tb on e ab a l i y r o d f res a hes been in several speculations, chiefly in the wine trade, *nu respectably connected. nutoo Mr. Charles Turner deposed to the receipt of letteL ing to be from Mr. Buck, and Edward Bagglie, his l e tter posed to, sending two parcels of plate, agreeably to the ._ 4O contained therein. Mr. Buck's servant girl proved the it li jo , of the parcels to the prisoner, who called himself CsPu" Bur t', gomery. Ile was taken in custody when he called at for the second parcel. Several duplicates were found garill!',76/1, Avis. The property pawned was produced in Court, fled. Parkins was remanded until Friday, to admit of deuce of Mr. John Turner, and one of the p a wnbrokers. se4inlilitataraly''offfir. ACKERMAN. The town of Ackerman, th place where R*ssl:chie Turkish Plenipotentiaries are immediately to meet, n the s place of the district of Ackerman, and is situated o ioue bank of the lake Liman, formed by the Duiester, near it' d i in the Black saw In 1812 it was united to the empirs fi cession of • Bessarabia, stipulated by the treaty Babas/ell, yv is 160 vents from Kicheneff, the chief town o f the provis,l4 44 from Odessa, by taking the direct road, acid craisi t o oA e man, which is seven vent* broad, No Owe in Besser l r s ,,,,t l more salubrious air, and the ri.itives, • when a , fri sed to ensPt:iiiil air, go to Ackerman to recover their health. The fevers: o o prevail in other parts of Bessarabia are there unknown. 1700,4 contains 5 churches, I school, 121 shops, 5 inns, is publit'i:„ 122 wine cellars, 29 magazines, 27 mills, b public bit icaeo smiths' shops, and 897 houses. The suburbs contain 115 1 , 0 two mills, and four public-housee. The number of Pl u til 0,687, among whom are 5,487 males, and 4,200 titualts. suburbs there are 2,250 inhabitants , 1,203 brioCHitiriltf° 1,047 frontlet. • lo 1812, after the departure of the rison, the population of the town was reduced i° Gerrit and Armenian In 1809, they WO ;. -- ; :b °1 1; to 4,000 souls. No other town in Bessarabia es u o.l 4 ":„", tWJ and Ismail, has made the saute progress. Thee 000l l° "" belonging, to the town contain 10,904 Dessistin, 6 l , a t t %genes. The soil is favoirable to the vine , v il " c " os' pie have cultivated with great suttees. The nutube t yards and gardens is 804. When the town was unit P its ,7 1 0 1 Aire, the greater part of the gardens fell to the GovernOsSiloof has since let them oat on lease. This circumstance oat* ibe tboli tg to think only of extracting aslarge a profit as ixasible fog n ._,o 7 yards, without improving them, and has induced the 0 0 70 0 'to sell about 200 gardens to individuals. Since 010 1104 Oil • rof. private property, the occupiers have l a boured tg „ior 'they ere to enjoy in perpetuity. The gsriltua ,":40,0 produce, according to the best information, almo;t. 'redrosi of wine,. which is imported into the q ion ip uality of this wine is much superior to what is obtsi parts of Bessarabia, except of saute of the growths IW g h' V and on the • Prout. A Colony of Swiss vim/100e 6,00 established in the neighbourhood of the town, and w itio e3 i Intuit has reserved 64 *vineyards, which are toIC l 0! models for the improvement of the vine cultivstlO ° ' . 1 0 eSr, also is engaged in different branches of the fisbs c l! host': annually a considerable quantity. The princiPla gj e , N t o Of the industry of the people, is the trade of salt, giessl, from the lakes, about 40 vents from the t0wn...., 7, - to be:' of this produce is so great, that there are alWar,• l V, orbi t* posed of several thousand pounds of salt . The t', wo rthy of remark, is surrounded by a dit ch of Irtt r ye was made in the time when the Genoese exteutled t e l ly yam, the banks of-the Black See. The Governmen t car t th d s!' theseremains of antiquity.. At Ackerman is the selaro 0,11 bunsl of the district, as we ll as of the Ispravnikell_l:oladst district, of the Magistrates of the town, of t ilt P . Putt' offices of Quarantine, and of the Customs. ' MI . -'- MY., 4 DAWCiEROUS CORRESPONDENCEe''e, „.,-.0 Biddy Was a ve strict old maid, who never f l i kr 4' A r riti d vi r i e t z u l e had iu any fe m ale . btlt I t t he w r u fiT n et ot that she wal l " ir t - f' SI ; i''' truth her list Witt full ofpoo pensioners. A. O iler - t i" ''' f 1 r rs l ' WD' f o-h.'4 ' Pat . ° ° le . aoo ... w g a ood'reason too, for the ' poor creature veal near a er ol anot' si , fourth child, when the following unlucky ! ir 7 10 3/ 1 0.1# P of lace th : o — u i n ‘ as P t7 r m j e u n d rth y :t u get s ntreirthweirmeeilawiltittib,t)cnitijol' v-1 1 leave them with a jaarcel of brats to starve." ' - 0 . 0 ship ! don't speak ill of my dear b band ;' he Wa i , 3 l loidit his regiment and leave mar." " T is rue true, )3 4 7,„ -- i . if, , i ago is it?" " Just one via:. last Eastern: 'p!o ) ;; l iei er f l " - Oil Teer 7 rejoined my au ' iit; Who tliaitg 4 ink w f con 41° _,,i ll'il ° laws of gestation better than that . ~ One yor • o °— . 1 0 so : in.your condition you must h a ve seen /1101 pd.:,,. oP er ,l within the last twelve months." " N ever ' " b "t'j hst' ' ll. Judy, sobbing at the idea of this long alumna: , „„ ~ ' ( 2; ;'' ceived several very tender letters front him ow i' 4 , 1) , 41- 0 ? I , y_o assi u, ; l :nn tus ,do ry ,,,, , te3i w n i : t eg h ra ak.yourtenderte: forsooth _ . letters, ; t, eg 0 " e % II e c 1 I li ) l e n e v. v ` , :i. " het e r,,`' '. "" again, you guilty image t wider utte r. in • , if Or ra 1,0 Oa the 9tb inst., *t Mount Usual, Kent. " Cutor, R,N., of a son. DIED. e l On the • 10th sass., at Ilidursonti, Surfey, Atief 10 a. " , aged 1S years, Jaue third tivlght t '' t Bewsher, js* 78d _year 34i*at., at Uri Court, in the calt i r Year of his age, the Ref. Johti'Fl.-020as Priirtted ''6 lll a" 'Pabilsb.4wbi M. ;101110; f* Po. Strout. ;e7i) 1;1, Om the9th init.,et Alouut Iseciti, se.— Cutor, 11,N.,,0f I NO. ---' It I,f I 0 M.4.11121E 1) . i th. .JO On the 10th inst., la St. p r s , ii,oootron , I f t .- f t F , T. Atwood, 141,A.; Eusebi l° Arthur LI) d giq"4"9/ tl4 / 1 , y , . 41 ,,r 0 4 place, Old Jewry, to Et• us Ira m r l s , youngest 4107,4,0 th , Thomas Stephen Atwood, M. A.. Rector of Ilikt" 4,011 borne, Hunts, and Minister of ilanunerstuitb,,•-,i, 0(0°0 On the 9th inst., Thomas Cain*, Fist, ofl--0.„01, toSophia Parnell , third daughter of Jainto s".- i ', 1' Richmond, nSurrey, _bor. , 0 6 On the oth Ingt , at se. Al o is, Dover , ~.. OW late of the tad rtr;goni, Ni b il frit.* ' it -- --- s, 10 Tia. it .....„ _ 4 , -----------------.---.' -- .10 j°' '